Tuberville: Tech safety bit the bullet to play Saturday

Strong safety Terrance Bullitt returned to action sooner than expected by Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville, who said at the beginning of last week that Bullitt wasn’t likely to play against Texas. Bullitt shared time Saturday with Jared Flannel with Flannel getting credit for five tackles and Bullitt one.

Bullitt suffered a dislocated shoulder the week before against Iowa State. Tuberville said he wasn’t going to hurt the shoulder any worse. It was simply a question of pain tolerate.

“I give it to him,” Tuberville said. “He played through it. Probably most of us in this room would not have even tried to play. I told him he didn’t have to. He wanted to play.

“He came back and practiced probably half speed most of the week, no contact, and then played.”